Liam Blackford

He/himLitigation Knowledge Development Lawyer

About

Liam is a Knowledge Development Lawyer for Intellectual Property and Technology, focusing on intellectual property and artificial intelligence across APAC and EMEA. Liam provides technical, strategic and practical input on issues including trademark, copyright and design protection and enforcement, IP licensing and commercialisation, advertising and marketing, as well as intellectual property issues connected with artificial intelligence.

Liam qualified as a solicitor with DLA Piper in 2015. He became a senior associate in 2022 before moving to the Knowledge team in 2023.

Areas of FocusIntellectual Property Media, Sports and Entertainment Consumer Goods, Food and Retail Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Professional QualificationsBarrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia

Education

University of Western Australia, LLB, BA

Languages

Prior Experience

Liam previously spent six years of private practice in Hong Kong where his practice covered trademark prosecution, brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, IP commercialisation, licensing, franchising, transactional IP and technology transfer in Greater China.